Credit Sequences(portfolio project)

 Credit seuqences in the beginning of a film production are extremely important in giving credit to the people who have worked on the movie. The following films are romance films that I have chosen to analyze closely to figure out why their credit openings are the way they are.

Moonstruck- 

We start with MGM's famous logo, a lion growling at the center of their trademark. MGM is then shown, without the abbreviation, as the company that is presenting this film. Patrick Palmer and Norman Jewison Productions were two collaborators of Palmer, the producer, and Jewison, the director. The two main actors, Cher and Nicolas Cage, are inserted into the screen. While this is happening, there are various types of scenery in New York, which show the audience where the movie will take place. MOONSTRUCK is then illstrated benath the view of the city underneath the moonlight. Connecting back to the title of the film. The credits are now listing their starring actors while in the background show settings from places in future scenes. is now a character the camera is tracking, which hints to the auidence this character has an importance to the plotline. The actors are still being listed while this takes place. The rest of the people listed in the credit opening, such as the cast director, writer, and music composer names, are being inserted on the screen while many clues of the opera are being placed within the actual scene. From the beginning of this scene opening a song, "That's Amore", has been playing. When our first character starts their dialogue, the music comes to an end. This shows the audience is ready to begin the plot of the movie.

Notting Hill-

Notting Hill starts off witha female character having paparazzi surrounding her, she is portrayed to the audience as a celebrity. The production company, Duncan Kenworthy, is then inserted below her face as viewed through a camera. Roger Michell, a director, is not much later inserted below the woman's face. The celebrity is going through a montage of photos, magazines, and red carpets. The main actors, Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant are then inserted, however, we do not see Grant's actual character. Only seeing Roberts. This creates a dominant role for this character in the film. After the title of the film, Notting Hill is illustrated still beneath the charatcer face. The featured actors are then inserted for the rest of the montage of the woman celebrity. 

Dirty Dancing-

During this black and white-toned opening is red color font of the text shows Veston Pictures, which is always associated with Great American Film. The Linda Gottliel Production is then followed by the title of the film, Dirty Dancing. All of these credits are in cursive, which connects to the background scene of people dancing with happy emotions on their faces. The starring actors Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swaynze with other featured actors, follow the montage of dancing. Directors of costuming, casting, music, and more are then centered on the scene to show the contrast of the red with the black and white montage. The montage then ends with a car on the highway, with a character introduced, Baby. The producers are the last mentioned in the opening credits. This shows that the movie is officially beginning.